Ticket-holder.



N. A. & C. P. NEIBAUR.

TICKET HOLDER. APPL'IGATION FILED APR. 21, 1914.

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STATES TENT NATHAN A. 1\TEIBAUR AND GI-IAR-LES P. NEIBAUR, OF SALT LAKECITY, UTAH.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Application filed April 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NATHAN A. NEIBAUR and CHARLES P. N EIBAUR, citizensof the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of SaltLake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to ticket holders and more particularly to aholder or receptacle for car tickets that can be easily carried in thevest pocket of the user. I

The primary object of our invention is to provide an improved holderhaving novel means associated therewith for the dispensing of ticketscarried within the same.

Another object of our invention is to provide an improved resilientmeans associated with the holder and mounted in such a manner as tofacilitate the dispensing of the tickets.

a A further object of our invention is to providean improved ticketholder having a means in connection therewith for the insertion oftickets into the same, the closing means also cooperating with thedispensing means when extracting tickets from the holder.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a holder of thecharacter described that is simple in construction, efiicient inoperation, and one that can be manufactured and placed upon the marketat a minimum cost.

Other objects as Well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof our invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claims forming a part of this invention.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure l is a side elevational view of ourinvention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of our invention; Fig. 3 is atopplan view of our invention with the cover removed, showing especiallythe manner in which tickets are dispensed from the holder;-Fig. 4-. is asectional View taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sectional view of our invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein similar referencenumerals designate like or corresponding parts throughout the severalviews, we provide a holder or receptacle 1, having a base 2 sol-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. in, 1915.

Serial to. 233,537.

3 removably preferably of sheet metal, the outer ends of which areprovided with longitudinal slots 6 and 7. The blank of sheet metal isnow bent into a substantially oval-shaped form in such a manner that theouter longitudinal slot 6 which is somewhatwider than the slot 7, ispositioned in substantial alinement with the slot 7 and has the two endportions thereof arranged; in spaced parallel relation with each otherto form a housing 8 and a guide-plate 9, the sides between the plate andhousing constituting a guide-way. The inner end of the blank is curvedto conform to the curved end of the housing and is arranged in spacedrelation therewith, the space between the same being a continuation ofthe guide-way.

For the purpose of facilitating the dispensing of the tickets 10 whichare positioned in a somewhat zigzag mannerwithin the housing 8, we havesecured to the inner side adjacent the extreme inner end of the blank bymeans of a fastening device 11, oneend of a flat spring 12, the latterbeing suitably flexed and bent upon itself approximately intermediateits ends in order that the outer portion of the same lies in a planesubstantially parallel with the plane of the inner end of the blank. Theouter portion of the spring is enlarged as at 13 and conforms to thecontour of the slot 7 to form a suitable yielding supporting surface forthe ticket that is being dispensed and holds the same in yieldingengagement about the inner surface of the slot 6 greatly facilitates thedispensing of the same and also prevents the accidental displacement ofthe ticket from the holder.

The operation of our device is as follows :The tickets 10 are folded ina zig- Zag manner and placed within the housing 8 and the outer of thetickets is extended through the guide-way until the outer edge of thesame is in substantial alinement with the dispensing opening 5 of theholder. The cover is then placed upon the holder so that serves as asubstantial cutting edge for this purpose.

From the above description relative to the spring member, for thepurpose of reducing the cost of manufacture of the same, it will beobvious that the spring 12 can be formed integral with the blank, thuseliminating the formation of two elements, namely, the separateconstruction of the spring and the fastening device.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be noted that we have provided a ticket holder that issimple in construction comprising a few parts that can be easily andcheaply manufactured and when manufactured can be placed upon the marketand sold at a minimum cost.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of ourinvention and that various minor changes in detail of-construction,proportion and' arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope ofthe appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of ourinvention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A ticket holder including ahousing, the housing having a slot therein, a guidecover for saidhousing, a guide-plate provided in said housing, said housing and saidguide-plate providedwlth ahning slots, and

ya yielding supporting element in said housing beneath said slotscooperating with the slots for facilitating the dispensing of ticketsfrom the housing through the guide way between the'housing andguide-plate.

3. A ticket holder including a blank of sheet metal provided with slotsadjacent the outer ends thereof the blank being bent to form a housingand a guide-plate, said slots being arranged in substantial alinement,the

outer of said slots being slightly wider than the other, a base for saidhousing, a removable cover for said housing cooperating with theguide-plate for permitting the passage of tickets through the guide-way,and a leaf spring mounted on the interior of the housing adjacent theinner of said slots and arranged in alinement with the sides of the samefor facilitating the dispensing of tickets from the housing.

In testimony whereof we affix our sign tures in presence of twowitnesses.

NATHAN A. NEIBAUR. CHARLES P. NEIBAUR.

Witnesses:

J. C. LITTLE, M. MIDDLEMAS.

(.lopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

